Couch-display truck



No. 748,770. PATENTED JAN. '5, 1904. H. I. MONTGOMERY.

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APPLICATION FILED DOT 26, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented January 5, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

COUCH-DISPLAY TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 748,770, dated January5, 1904.

Application filed October 28, 1903. Serial No. 178,556. (No model.)

To all whom iii-may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. MONTGOMERY, a resident of Silvercreek, inthe county of Chautauqua andState of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Couch-Display Trucks; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improved couchdisplay truck, the object ofthe invention being to provide an improved truck of this character onwhich a couch can be effectually secured and supported in an upright orvertical position and which will enable the couch to be drawn down to ahorizontal position without disconnecting it from the truck; and withthis object in view the invention consists in certain novel features ofconstruction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be morefully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective viewillustrating my improved truck with a couch secured thereon in avertical position. Fig. 2 is a view showing the couch drawn down to ahorizontal position. Fig. 3 is a view illustrating the truck with couchremoved, and Fig. 4 is a view illustrating a modification.

My improved truck comprises a rectangular tubular frame 1, composed ofpipes or tubes connected at their ends by couplings,

as shown, and supported on rollers or casters 2. Uprights 3 are securedto the forward ends of frame 1 by couplings 4L, and clamping crossbars 5(preferably of wood) are located on uprights 3 and adapted to be movedfree thereon. The lower bar 5 is held against downward movement by meansof collars 6, adjustably secured on the uprights by set-screws 7, or itmight be secured by set-screws passed directlyinto the bar and againstthe uprights, as shown in Fig. 4:, and hence I do not restrict myself toany particular means for securing the lower bar 5 at varyingadjustments. A clamping-bolt 8 passes through the bars 5 at theircentersand hasa set-nut9 thereon above the upper bar to effectually clamp thebars in any position.

The operation of my improvements is as follows: The head end of a couchis supported on frame 1 of the truck, and the legs are secured betweenbars 5 by means of clampingbolt 8 and set-nut 9, the lower bar 5 beingpreviously adjusted to exactly position the couch. The couch when sosecured on the truck can be supported in a vertical position, as shownin Fig. 1, to occupy comparatively small space in storage and facilitateits being displayed and can be readily drawn to a horizontal position,as shown in Fig. 2, when desired without disconnecting the truck.

The opposite engaging faces of bars 5 are preferably rounded to conformto the shape of the couch-legs, but may be made flat or 7 other shape,as preferred.

A great many slight changes might be made in the general form andarrangement of the parts described without departing, from my invention,and hence I do not restrict myself to the precise details set forth, butconsider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterationsas fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A couch display truck comprising a frame mounted on rollers andprovided at one end with uprights, two clamping-bars mounted to movefreely on said uprights, means for adjusting the position on one of saidclamping-bars on said uprights and means for moving the otherclamping-bar toward the firstmentioned clam ping-bar to clamp the legsof a couch between said bars.

2. A couch display truck comprising a frame consisting of two parallelmembers and a member connecting the parallel members at one end,uprights secured to the free ends of the parallel members of the frame,two parallel clamping-bars mounted on said uprights, means for adjustingthe position of the lower clamping-bar and a screw for moving the upperclamping-bar toward the lower clampingbar.

3. In a conch display truck, the combination with a tubular framesupported on rollers, of tubular uprights on said frame at one end, abar mounted on said uprights, setscrews adjustably securing said bar atany In testimony whereof I have signed this position and adapted toposition the same to specification in the presence of two subscribengageone side of the couch-legs, another ing witnesses.

bar on the uprights to engage the opposite HENRY J. MONTGOMERY. 5 sidesof the couch-legs, and a clamping-bolt Witnesses:

and set-nut to clamp the couch-legs between GEORGE P. GASTON,

said bars. JULIUS P. DROEGE.

